This annual publication describes the collections, staffing, expenditures, and public service activities for the 109 university and 11 nonuniversity members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1995-96 fiscal year. This edition offers instructions for locating interactive ARL statistics on the World Wide Web, a 44-item…

This report presents the following five instructional objectives tailored to meet the goal of preparing Adelphi University (New York) freshman to become independent learners and information literate: (1) students will be introduced to the services and resources of the university libraries; (2) students will understand the role of the librarian as…

Describes the Kansas Digital Library (KDL), a comprehensive, electronic library of visual, textual and auditory information resources. Discusses projects that KDL sponsors, including Blue Skyways, a Web site that functions as a subject-oriented entryway to the Web for Kansas librarians. Reports that the KDL is an example of a successful state…

Discusses the vital role policy plays in the effective delivery of information services over the Internet, as well as the need to keep policies at a minimum so as not to impede users' creativity and imaginative powers when online. Provides four examples from community college libraries. (NB)

Describes part of a federally-funded project at Kapiolani Community College (Hawaii) that focused on document delivery to enhance library services. Topics include bibliographic instruction for searching; customized searches on commercial databases; locating and delivering full-text articles; constructing a World Wide Web site; and evaluation…

Explores the process of designing, teaching, and revising an online information literacy course at St. Petersburg College (SPC) (Florida). Shares methods for encouraging participation in online courses and ways of tracking students' progress. Reports that basic computer information and literacy is now a graduation requirement at SBC. Contains…

Defines cut and paste plagiarism as copying sections of articles or books directly from the Internet or a CD-ROM and into a personal paper. Offers suggestions, from a librarian's vantage point, for locating plagiarized sources and for dissuading students from cheating. (NB)

This document presents a module on learning library resources by researching Latin American topics to be used in the Use of Library Resources course at St. Louis Community College at Meramec (Missouri). The goal of the module (to give students a basic knowledge of library resources and to introduce them to Latin America by researching Latin…

Increasingly, curators of rare books and special collections in college and university libraries are taking on the new role of publishers and revenue producers, using electronic media to sell access to the materials by selling CD-ROMs or licensing access to Web sites. The income can be used for preservation efforts. Level of demand is not yet…

Discusses how faculty and reference librarians at Santa Fe Community College (Florida) formed an internal educational partnership to incorporate the use of technology for enhancing teaching and learning. Describes efforts in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, as well as the Web-based library instruction course. (LRW)

The guide lists selective references available at the McGill University (Canada) Humanities and Social Sciences Library or Center for Research Libraries for researchers of French literature. An introductory section offers tips for online literature searchers. Citations are listed in these categories: guides to the literature; general…

Offers advice to librarians for marketing their Web sites on Internet search engines. Advises against relying solely on spiders and recommends adding metadata to the source code and delivering that information directly to the search engines. Gives an overview of metadata and typical coding for meta tags. Includes Web addresses for a number of…

Explains what Web portals are and discusses the benefits of a strategic alliance in portal building among campus information technology, libraries, and other campus groups. Suggests that by using robust channel capabilities, an enterprise portal can provide content from various parts of the university and promote resource discovery. (EV)

The three issues of this newsletter provide information on the state of learning resources centers and libraries in California community colleges. The September 1997 issue reports on LRACCC's Learning Resources Conference and includes the conference program. It also provides the annual report for 1996-97, discussing the association's membership,…